Born in Saarbruecken, Germany in 1947.
Lives and works in Los Angeles
Education: MFA Akademie der Kuenste, Karlsruhe, Germany, 1976
Professor of Fine Arts, University of California Los Angeles
Awards
DAAD Grant from Germany
National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship Grants
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2011
Diamond in the Eye, Jancar Gallery, Los Angeles (link)
2010
Nature Morte, Steve Turner Contemporary, Los Angeles (link)
George Lawson Gallery, San Francisco (link)
2009
Pacific Design Center, Los Angeles
Jancar Gallery, Los Angeles
HEATH Ceramics Gallery, Los Angeles
RMCAD Philip J. Steele Gallery, Denver, Colorado
2008
Jancar Gallery, Los Angeles
Galerie Gordon, Pym and Fils, Paris
2006
INMO Gallery, Los Angeles
Mitsubishi Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Flux Gallery, Los Angeles
2005
Guggenheim Gallery at Chapman University, Orange
Scape Gallery, Corona del Mar Pacific Arts Foundation, Newport Beach
Santa Monica Museum, Project room, Santa Monica
Galerie Gordon Pym & Fils, Paris, France
2004
Atelier Richard Tullis, Santa Barbara
Galerie Schmidt/ Goldener Engel, Hall/Innsbruck, Austria
2003
Black Dragon Society, Los Angeles
2002
Galerie Peter Reich, Vienna, Austria
2001
Susanne Vielmetter Projects, Los Angeles
Cirrus Gallery, Los Angeles
Black Dragon Society, Los Angeles
2000
Susanne Vielmetter Projects, Los Angeles
1999
Ursula Krinzinger Galerie, Vienna, Austria
1998
Ace Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles
1997
Ace Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles
1996
Lawing Gallery, Houston, Texas
Ace Contemporary Exhibitions, New York
1995
Ace Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles
1994
Ace Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles
1992
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles
1990
Galerie Froment Putman, Paris, France
Ace Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles
1988
Ace Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles
Fuller Gross Gallery, San Francisco
1987
Ace Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles
1986
Galerie Krinzinger, Innsbruck, Austria
Reed College, Portland, Oregon
Arte Contemporanea, Mexico City, Mexico
Nave Museum, Victoria, Texas
1986
Larry Gagosian Gallery, Los Angeles
1985
University of California, Riverside
1985
Washington University, Bellingham, Washington
Mo David Gallery, New York
Fuller Goldeen Gallery, San Francisco
Larry Gagosian Gallery, Los Angeles
1984
Hal Bromm Gallery, New York Roger
Ramsey Gallery, Chicago
Patty Aande Gallery, San Diego
Eaton-Shoen Gallery, San Francisco
Ulrike Kantor Gallery, Los Angeles
1983
Eaton-Shoen Gallery, San Francisco
Ulrike Kantor Gallery, Los Angeles
La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art, La Jolla
University of Redlands, Redlands, California
1982
Akademie Der Kunst, Karlsruhe, Germany
Ulrike Kantor Gallery, Los Angeles
1981
San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco
Ulrike Kantor Gallery, Los Angeles
1980
Jetwave Inc., San Francisco
1979
Dana Reich Gallery, San Francisco
1977
Goethe Institute, San Francisco
1973
Galerie Am Neumarkt, Saarbruecken, Germany
Selected Group Exhibitions
2011
Under the Big Black Sun, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, California
2009
Hang the Curator, Museum of Contemporary Art, Detroit, Michigan
International Large Scale Print Show, Orange Coast College, Costa Mesa, California
Lovable Like Orphaned Kitties And Bastard Children, Green Gallery, Milwaukee
2008
LA Weekly Annual Biennial, Tack 16, Santa Monica, California
RAID Projects, Los Angeles, California
Pruesspress, Rental Gallery, New York, New York
Karyn Lovegrove Gallery, Los Angeles, California
2007
Grand Gesture, University Art Museum, CSULB, Long Beach, California
Material Affinities, USC Fisher Gallery, Los Angeles, California
Soft Core, Kim Light Gallery, Los Angeles, California
American Symposium, Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, California
2006
INMO Gallery, Los Angeles, California
Daniel Hug Gallery, Los Angeles, California
2005
Frank Pictures, Santa Monica Flux Gallery, Los Angeles, California
2004
Nature Study, Cal State Bakersfield University Art Museum, UCSB, Santa Barbara, California
Galerie im Museum Ludwig, Saarlouis, Germany
2003
Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento Butler Institute of American Art, Youongstown, Ohio
Museum of Southern Texas, Corpus Christi, Texas
Diannepruess Gallery, Los Angeles Drunken Masters, Gallery C, Hermosa Beach, California
2002
Drawings, Low Gallery, Los Angeles, California
Albertina, Vienna, Austria
Works On Paper, Los Angeles, California
Guggenheim Gallery at Chapman University, Orange, California
Atelier Richard Tullis, Santa Barbara, California
Hayworth Gallery, Los Angeles, California
Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, California
Ursula Krinzinger Galerie, Vienna, Austria
2001
Galerie im Museum Ludwig, Saarlouis, Germany
Cirrus Gallery, Los Angeles, California
Galerie Peter Reich, Vienna, Austria
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, Miauhaus Studio, Los Angeles, California
Black Dragon Society, Los Angeles, California
Continuous Surface, University Art Museum, Long Beach, California
CAA Foundation, Beverly Hills, California
The Matrix and the Monoprint, Santa Barbara Arts Comission, Santa Barbara, California
Miller-Durazo Gallery, Los Angeles, California
1998
Ace Contemporary Exhibitions Los Angeles, California
BIG 2, Bank of America Collection, Plaza Gallery, San Francisco
1997
Fresh Ink, Austin Museum of Art, Austin, Texas
Eaton Fine Art Inc., West Palm Beach, Florida
1996
Wrestling with the Sublime, California State University of Fullerton, Fullerton, California
1995
Abstraction from Two Coasts, Lawing Gallery, Houston, Texas
1993
Physical Abstraction, Blum Helman Gallery, New York
1991
Individual Realities, Saison Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japan
Individual Realities, Tsukashin Hall, Osaka, Japan, Curated by California-International Arts Foundation
1990
Physical Abstraction – Paintings 1990, Ace Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, California
Woodcuts, Raleigh Enterprises, Los Angeles, California
LA/Brazil Projects 1990, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, California
The Eighties, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D. C.
John Bergruen Gallery, San Francisco, California
In Perfect Silence, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, California
1989
Art of the Eighties, Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, New Jersey
1988
Profound Visions, Ace Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, California
Monkey Sculpture And Baroque Paintings, Ace Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, California
1987
Avant-Garde in the Eighties, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California
1986
Stadt Galerie, Saarbruecken, Germany
New Prints, Hamilton Gallery, New York
UC Collects, University of California, Berkeley, California
Issues, Newspace, Los Angeles, California
California Biennial, Museum of Modern Art, Indianapolis, Indiana
Inaugural Show, Ace Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, California
1985
Institute for Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Fisher Art Gallery, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
Image Abstract, 38 Crosby Street Gallery, New York
Larry Gagosian Gallery, Los Angeles, California
1984
Fuller Goldeen Gallery, San Francisco, California
Portraits, P.S. 1, New York
Painters Who Print, Walker Art Museum, Minneapolis, Minnesota
III Biennial, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, California
American Center, Paris, France
1983
New Talent Award, Los Angeles County Museum, Los Angeles, California
Palm Springs Desert Museum, Palm Springs, California
New Paintings, Hal Bromm Gallery, New York
Huntington Gallery, University of Texas, Austin, Texas
1982
Figuration, University Art Museum, Santa Barbara, California
Fresh Paint, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, California
Four LA Painters, Pasadena City College, Pasadena, California
Critics Choice, Eaton-Shoen Gallery, San Francisco, California
California State University of Northridge, Northridge, California
New Painting and Sculpture, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, California
1981
California Individualism, LA Louver Gallery, Los Angeles, California
New Fauves, California State University of Los Angeles, California
Southern Exposure Gallery, San Francisco, California
1980
Urgent Painting, Jetwave, San Francisco, California
Goethe Institute, San Francisco, California
1979
Gestures, Center For Visual Arts, Oakland, California
1973
Kunstverein Heidelberg, Heidelberg, West Germany
Biennial Der Ostseestaaten, Rostock, Germany
Selected Collections
The Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California
The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, California
The Orange County Museum of Modern Art, Newport Beach, California
The Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
The Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, California
The Achenbach Foundation, San Francisco, California
The Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado
The Museo del Arte Contemporanea, Mexico City, Mexico
The Robert Rifkind Collection
The Gordon Hampton Collection
The Eli Broad Collection
The Dallas Price Collection
The Gruenewald Center at the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, California
The Achenbach Foundation, San Francisco, California
The Albertina, Vienna, Austria